to all end dump haulers...

9 weeks today the old truck has been at the shop, comical at this point. Thank god for pics or I’d forget what she looks like.

 

One of these days I am gonna stop at a mack dealer so I can take a look around inside a mack anthem. They look rather nice an roomy.

 

The interior is laid out pretty decent, if I ever get it back I’ll post up some pics.

 

How are they for weight as compared to a T800?

 

That set up is 32,600. TriPac on the side, little heavy in my opinion.

 

I am 29000 to 29600 full a fuel depending on whose scale it is with the set up i have. No apu.

 

That’s about what I am with my Pete full of fluid and a long trailer. Our gliders are almost 1500 lbs lighter, even with a bigger bunk it must be the after treatment system making the difference, cuz I pack light.

 

I remember when I pulled end dump, I had a 2005 379 pete with a 70" mid roof. Don't remember the trailer brand but it was a 40 ft ribbed side with top side wood extenders and a two way gate. I could put on 22 or 23 ton when full of fuel. What I liked was the fact that my suspension gauges were both on the dash in one gauge. I could load legal 80 to 90% of the time, no problem. I have a heck of a time getting legal on a hopper bottom. I am getting better at it though.

 

I had a bit of a learning curve when I was pulling a hopper too. I’d put 11 ton in the front hopper and 14 in the back and that was usually just about right. With loading the product in the slope to help it come out easier.

 

My mack is a long ways away from looking that good. Who knows how many driver's it has had in it though. It honestly has not been taken care of very well at all.